New Life

I have not been good at keeping up with my blog at all. I have had a lot going on over the past couple months and sitting down to type/write has not been on the top of my list. Since February I have decorated for two church events hosting 120+ at each event, both were a lot of work but a lot of fun and gave me an outlet for my creative side. If I could do event decorating full time I totally would!

The main reason for my post is not to update my life, but to share something else. July 1st this year will be a year since my Grandma Fry went home to be with the Lord. During the past year, my grandpa has had some health issues and they were forced to put their farm on the market to be sold, so my mom went to their home to clean up & gather some memorial items for her and for me & my sister. My grandma kept everything - and I mean everything. Every letter, every picture colored - anything she got she kept. She also wrote down everything. (I think I get that from her because I keep almost everything and write down almost everything.) These things were more special to her than anything. She was a very detailed woman, and especially when it came to family. Let me just say here that you really learn a lot about a person's life and who they really were after they are gone.

Among the belongings was my grandma's Bible. Along with a lot of other notes she kept was her handwritten testimony. I typed it all out so I could have an electronic copy and just had to post it on here to share with whoever reads this blog. I'm so glad to know that she is in heaven right now all because of this testimony. Love you Grandma, and I'll see you soon.



My Grandma Fry’s Testimony (copied exactly how she wrote it)



I wrote this down 1977 – Dec.
My accepting Jesus Christ as my Savior

I believed in God always. I always prayed & felt God’s presence when I pray. But I had been down & discouraged & felt like my life was just going on day by day and didn’t care if it was my last day.

I went to Wanda’s (my mom) on a Wednesday to a Billy Graham crusade prayer meeting. Three other women & me were there & we listened to the service on the radio & then each took a turn & prayed. But I just read the prayer, this was even a help to me. We had a very touching prayer meeting. The next day I turned my radio on to hear the message on the Bill Graham Crusade but I couldn’t get the station on my radio. But I got a station from W. Virginia & I heard a preacher give a very inspiring message on the 23rd Psalm, which I had always fell back on whenever I pray. After the message was over I prayed and asked God to touch me & forgive my sins & help me to be a better person & walk in God’s way & light and grow strong and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. I knew after praying that I had to go forward in church Sunday. I felt His presence like a touch on my shoulder. So I called Wanda & told her my experience & told her I had to go forward in church Sunday & be baptized & be born again.


I believe in God. I am a Southern Baptist & I was born again.


Sincerely, Jeanette Fry

I was baptized that Sunday night.